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Friday, August 10, 2012

Raadhe, you enter the presence of Maadhava

मञ्जुतरकुञ्जतलकेळिसदने इहविलसररतिरभसहसितवदने- प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।१

नवभवदशोकदळशयनसारे इहविलसकुचकलशतरलहारे - प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।२मधुमुदितमधुपकुलकलितरावे इहविलसमदनरससरसभावे- प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ३कुसुमचयरचितशुचिववासगेहे इहविलसकुसुमसुकुमारगेहे -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ४चलमलयमृदुपवनसुरभिशीते इहविलसरतिवलित लळितगीते -प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ५मधुरतरपिकनिकरनिनदमुखरे इहविलस दशनरुचिविजितशिखरे॥प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं। ६विततबहुवल्लिनव पल्लवघने इहविलस चिरमलसपीनजघने प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपं।७विहितपद्मावती सुखसमाजे भणति जयदेवकविराजराजे कुरुमुरारे मङ्गलशतानि।८इति श्रीजयदेवकविराजविरचिते गीतगोविन्दमहाकव्ये अष्ठपदी २१mañjutarakuñjatalakeḻisadane ihavilasararatirabhasahasitavadane- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |1navabavadaśokadaḻaśayanasāre ihavilasakucakalaśataralahāre - praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |2madhumuditamadhupakulakalitarāve ihavilasamadanarasasarasabhāve- praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 3kusumacayaracitaśucivavāsagehe ihavilasakusumasukumāragehe -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 4calamalayamṛdupavanasurabhiśīte ihavilasarativalita laḻitagītee -praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 5madhuratarapikanikaraninadamukhare ihavilasa daśanarucivijitaśikhare|praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ| 6vitatabahuvallinava pallavaghane ihavilasa ciramalasapīnajaghane praviśa rādhe mādhavasamīpaṁ |7vihitapadmāvatī sukhasamāje bhaṇati jayadevakavirājarāje kurumurāre maṅgalaśatāni|8iti śrījayadevakavirājaviracite gītagovindamahākavye aṣṭhapadī 21 This the the 21st Astapadi in Jayadeva's Gitagovindam, the romantic fake quarrel between Radha and Krishna coming to an end and Radha is prodded to enter into a beautiful bower in the precincts of the bands of Yamuna.. Her Madhava is waiting for her all lovelorn.Laughing excitedly in expectation of the consummation of your love with HIm, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower made of wild tendrils and leaves and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 1With your your young breast throbbing under the garland of fresh pearls, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower adorned with ashoka flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 2With your mind full of erotic thought of His company, Radhe you enter the beautiful bower where the bramaras (beetles) drunk with the honey of the flowers decorating your rendezvous are flying around in intoxication. and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 3With your body as beautiful and tender as a bunch of flowers, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower whose inside is built wit myriad fragrant flowers and enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 4With your sweet lips humming melodies of love, Radhe, you enter the beautiful bower which is fragrant and with the gentle cool breeze of the mount Malayaand enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 5With the lustre of your teeth defeaing the gem Manikyam (white or transparent ruby which shines in light ), Radhe you enter the beautiful bower of soft tendrils, which is reverberating with the song of groups of cuckoo birds, to enjoy the company of Your Mahdhava 6With your very heavy hips, you enter the beautiful bower which is shining with freshly grown tendrils and young leaves, to enjoy the company of your Mahdava.7

You Krishna the slayer of the demon Mura, may you pleased to to shower you Grace on all the devotes and singers of this lyric composed by Jayadeva the emporer of poets and dearest husband of Padmavati.8

The arrangement of words in this lyric.. both a love poem as well as a composition expectantly awaiting the union of Radha and Madhava, which union is the source of the whole universe.... is beautiful beyond description.. The beauty of the verse, sure, can never be captured in full after translation from Sanskrit to any other language.